Lewis & Clark College is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a meaningful education with great career preparation at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review in its newly released edition of Colleges That Pay You Back.

Rose Ngo ’17 has been awarded a Davies-Jackson Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Administered by the Council of Independent Colleges, the scholarship grants exceptional students who are among the first in their families to go to college the opportunity to study at the world-renowned St. John’s College.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has named Dawn Odell, associate professor of art history, the recipient of a fellowship for her project, “Chinese Art in Early Modern Europe and America.” A former Fulbright Scholar, Odell specializes in Chinese and early modern European art.

Four biology alumni have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. The awards are investments in the education of outstanding students who have the potential to contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering.

Lewis & Clark JD graduates taking the Oregon bar exam for the first time in July 2017 achieved an 85.6% pass rate, surpassing the state’s overall first time rate of 84%. For “all takers,” a category that includes graduates who were repeat exam takers, Lewis & Clark graduates achieved an 80.1% pass rate.

The Oregon State Bar presents its annual awards this month honoring a select group of lawyers and judges who have made outstanding contributions to the community and the profession. The awards are based on nominations from members and the public. A number of the 2017 awardees are affiliated with Lewis & Clark Law School.

For the fifth time in six years, according to the 2018 U.S News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, peer colleges and universities have identified Lewis & Clark’s Overseas and Off-Campus Programs as among the best in the nation.

Two of just 37 poets selected from among 1,800 applicants, poets Corey Van Landingham BA ’08 and Nick Lantz BA ’03 are recipients of 2017 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. One of Van Landingham’s poems was printed in the Jan. 16 issue of The New Yorker.

Samantha Robison is the Founder and Executive Director of Awareness and Prevention through Art (aptART), an organization of artists and activists dedicated to sharing artistic experiences with conflict affected and marginalized youth throughout the world.